One of the most disturbing things about this event is the particular set of words being used to describe it: terrorist attack, assault on the capitol, violent u

One of the most disturbing things about this event is the particular set of words being used to describe it: terrorist attack, assault on the capitol, violent uprising. To me, and I'm sure to most people, words like "terrorist attack" conjure images of mass murder via gunfire or vehicles, kidnappings, and brutal executions. But none of those things happened here. If one does consider this to be a "violent terrorist attack", then what words are left to describe an actual terrorist attack? Is anyone else disturbed that the discourse is being ushered toward these particular words; that you're being made to associate a riot of angry citizens with mass-murder attacks by men wearing balaclavas and wielding AK's? To use these words, "terrorist attack, assault on the capitol, violent uprising", for this event, it's imprecise, misleading. Orwell has a wonderful essay covering this imprecise and practically manipulative use of language. It's a brilliant read, and very relevant at the moment: https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/ https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_poli...